Wishbone - Center City — Restaurant in Philadelphia

After a night . .of dancing the night away at a near by club, YOU DANG RIGHT IM HUNGRY. I was literally looking up places to eat in the club LOL. This place happened to be open late so it was great that it was walking distance.

Walked in and low and behold, a line. I mean, it is 2am we are all hungry. While in line a couple things happened:

1. I noticed the decor. It was really nice
2. Someone pulled the fire alarm and as adults, we learn not to panic over fire alarms like we did in grade school .. so we all just stood there LOL and continued to wait in line. Let's say the fire alarm was on for my whole duration of waiting in line and it made it hard to hear when taking my order. While waiting in line, we saw that there was a to-go / catering menu on the side, so we read that to figure out what we wanted.

From what I observed, write your name on the box and your order. When it was my turn to scream my order across the counter :)) .. I ended up ordering the Fried Chicken Salad. To my surprise, I was . .. surprised with freaking anchovies in my salad. I was so confused, but it was apart of it on the menu. An every day person would not know what the heck a boquerones is. Well it’s freaking anchovies. So whatever, I was hungry and just took the anchovies out. It just ruined my mood finishing that salad because I had to fish through it to make sure I wasn't eating anything crazy.

As I was waiting in line, I also discovered that the mac and cheese was a staple item of this restaurant. My friends and I were excited to try it. Come to find out, my vegan friend couldn't partake in the fun activity of trying it because Wishbone includes chicken sausage. It was kinda upsetting because he had to get something else and there wasn't a lot of vegan opportunities. He ended up grabbing potato salad (which he wasn't a fan of. He said it seemed as if they added too much of a mustard base). He also had the biscuit that was talked about also. However, he said it was a little dry. He wishes that he got the french fries. That's always safe right?

My other friend also ordered a salad, but his didn't have the surprise factor that I had with my food. He also was annoyed at the fact that he had to wait like 15 minutes AFTER He ordered and paid for his food because the cashier didn't believe that he paid for it .. when that same cashier rang him up. A mess.

The tenders that were on top of my salad were okay. Nothing really special. I feel like this place is popping because it's one of the only places that is open so late at night. It is also crazy that you have to pay by the pound. Since the chicken wasn't heavily seasoned, they do push and promote you to buy the different dipping sauces that they...

It was the first time visiting Wishbone. Vintage looking if the wooden floor and tables to sit to snf eat. Lots of different types of Bottle soda that were vintage snd beers. Some were whimsical with images of Bin Laudin ,Fidel Castro, Stalin,Kim Jung.I was looking for chicken for lunch and something different. It was different of the way it is cooked. I saw some chicken already done and what I thought was brown rice was macaroni and cheese. The chicken tenders were big pieces that are buttermilk battered with pretzel crust. It cost 13.03 for 6 pieces! I wanted to try one of the cocktails that are in a small glass showcase on the counter. I picked Blackberry Bourbon Smash. The bottle was a pint size for 8.95. I picked barbecue sauce for the chicken tenders. The total price was 24.75 !!! That's high and realize afterwards the dipping sauce is 75 cents in which is ridiculous! The chicken is crunchy and spicy and I couldn't really taste any seasonings what so ever! The pretzel crust didn't even taste like a pretzel! The barbecue sauce for dipping tasted hot and sweet, nothing else! The chicken lacks flavor which needs garlic, onion,oregano, rosemary, paprika, to bring out the taste. I didn't mind no salt since it is bad to have too much. The young lady that waited on me was very nice. She told me she is from Trinidad because I notice her accent. Wishbone need to lower their prices and add more flavor to the chicken and let the dipping sauce be free your food order! The Blackberry Bourbon Smash is s a Smash! It is strong tasting of the Bourbon not noticeable of the...

This was unquestionably the worst takeout experience I have had since moving to Philadelphia ~5 months ago.

Food arrived an hour later than the estimated delivery time (about 1.5 hours after I had placed the order) and was ice cold.

As a white guy who grew up in Ohio with no culinary experience, it is not complimentary when I say that the wings I got tasted like I had made them myself. That's not hyperbole; I really mean they tasted like I went to ACME, bought some wings, wonder bread crumbs and olive oil and then came home and tied to figure out how to make wings from it.

The breading was gritty and cheap, and the chicken completely unremarkable (though in fairness I had had to re-heat it, so...) My guess is that the subpar chicken is really just intended as a delivery vessel for the sauces, but:

The three sauces I ordered were nothing special. If they had been really astounding (or even good) it could have saved the whole experience. I honest-to-god wound up dipping the majority of my food (the 30% or so of it that I ate) in some store-bought hot sauce I had in my fridge. There was a kind of milky tanginess to all of Wishbone's sauces that I have to imagine was intentional, but...... was definitely not my thing.

You ever have a bad meal with bad soggy food that took way too long to arrive? Just leaves you feeling gross afterward. That's where I'm at right now. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone I know who likes...